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page_title: policies read - Command
description: >-
  The "policies read" command retrieves the details of an existing policy resource.
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# policies read

<EnterpriseAlert product="boundary">This feature requires <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com/products/boundary">HCP Boundary or Boundary Enterprise</a></EnterpriseAlert>

Command: `boundary policies read`

The `boundary policies read` command lets you read information about Boundary policies.

## Example

This example reads the details of a policy with the ID `p_1234567890`:

```shell-session
$ boundary policies read -id p_1234567890
```

## Usage

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```shell-session
$ boundary policies read [options] [args]
```

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### Command options

- `-id=<string>` - The ID of the policy you want to read.

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